KISS
keep it simple stupid. I tend to over complicate things as I’m not a great completed finisher and I like to experience a multitude of things to keep interested and connecting new things.
Getting a measure of the place has been really complicated. I wanted to see the analysis to make sense of the system so developed the right measure. Haven’t turned it into a metric yet though. So here we go – I’m going to simplify my metrics for the thng I want to progress at home:
Finishing and decoration. Goal to have as much of the house with homes for things and full of vibrant clean colour – without exhaustion at home or at work; without loss of progress in the garden and without reducing the care and oversight of my animals, both four and two legged.
In order to know how much I have in total to finish and decorate I need to measure it. My first instinct was count my rooms in my house (that was the project manager in me – thinking how to break it into chunks that I could then put into phases – you know upstairs downstairs/living dining/bathrooms bedrooms. Then I started I think walls – and surfaces – thinking that each job could be broken down into how many walls done – recognising that big events take organising and I don’t feel like being sociable at the moment because it’s dark and wet and winter and I’m in bear mode.
Then i thought about cycle time to get the jb done – knowing that I am utterly the capacity constrained resource and only have a little time every day to do the work I could set a goal date, figure a rate of progress that is realistic and then set a takt time for each quanified segment of process to build it in as standard work (the only way is to build a habit).
So I always run late in the mornings and I’m always running late to bed. So just fitting in more isn’t going to well with the goal of doing this without exhaustion. I can’t outsource this (you’ll know why if you’ve worked for siemens healthcare – it’s a company profit without pay scheme 🙂 and I can’t work less to do it. I suppose I could take holiday to do it – but for me personally I’m more likely to start the job, get bored star drinking coffee and be found pooling on re-arranging the airing cupboard when people drop in to see how I’m progressing. Little and often keeps me entertained – I need to recognise that I am completely okay to feed my behavioural beast because she’s mine and she’s at home where she doesn’t need to be constrained by how her work environment currently works.
- So I need to assign time and prevent it being used on anything else. To make a commitment.
- It’ll be hard to hold it. I’ll need support and good tools. I’ll need ways to make it fun. I can use my Bluetooth earpiece to speak with girlfriends afar. I can listen to iPod stuff that is learning stuff.
- I can set aside the full kit that is required and give it a clearly structured home.
- I can get research provided and make sure I consult with others to recent easily avoidable problems.
- I can be okay with some level of failure must occur because life is never as you expect it.
So where do I start? A standard or a charter. Decide if it is standard work or project work. It’s standard work. Then your tools are process, method and SMED. No OEE because to be honest if I need to take a break when I’m painting I’m not going to count the minutes – I’m a Girl so I don’t enjoy sitting in my own stink reading the paper:)
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I have I suppose 5 metres of skirting will equal x minutes and so I need and then figure out if my takt time is